2012 NBA Betting – Warriors Are Showing That They’re For Real In The NBA

The Golden State Warriors’ current extended road trip, a seven-game swing, has not yet brought about a loss. A team that’s converting a lot of people into believers rolls into Orlando.

Golden State Warriors @ Orlando Magic – Friday, December 14

Sport betting line: no line

Why Golden State Will Win

With an online horse betting guru or a college football betting expert, the calculus of a given event can sometimes depend not on the excellence of the favored athlete or team, but on the lack of excellence in the competition. Golden State might be tired in this game after putting forth a great deal of physical and emotional energy on Wednesday night against the Miami Heat. However, the inability of Orlando to make Golden State pay could very well surface as the difference-making aspect of this contest. The Magic, without former coach Stan Van Gundy and center Dwight Howard, have dropped to 8-13, out of the Eastern Conference’s eight-team playoff mix. Orlando simply has a terrible time trying to score. There are few primary options for this team at the offensive end of the floor, and no quick fixes are in sight. Golden State does not have to play its best game to win.

Why Orlando Will Win

Online football betting students will realize that Golden State is making a name for itself. It’s true that Golden State is continuing to hang in the Western Conference playoff race. The Warriors are playing better defense and have incorporated young players into a functioning rotation that has to be providing a certain level of encouragement to second-year head coach Mark Jackson. Yet, after beating the world champion Miami Heat on Wednesday, this team has to be very drained. Of course, Orlando isn’t anything or anywhere close to Miami in terms of raw quality or talent, but the Magic might simply be the beneficiaries of the laws of sports physics. No team is perfect, for one thing, and secondly, the grind of a long road swing takes its toll on players, no matter who the opponent might be. Golden State is getting to the end of its road trip, and players are going to have that psychological yearning in the back of their minds to get back home to Oakland and a warm, comfortable, familiar bed. This is just human nature. Basketball seasons are often about the ability to mentally compartmentalize and shut out the voices in the mind. Golden State is still a young team, and so the Warriors are vulnerable to a letdown in this contest. This happens all the time in sports, the NBA very much included.

Who Will Win?

The sense here is that Golden State won’t play at its very best… and that Orlando won’t be able to take advantage of that fact. The Warriors are really beginning to believe that they’re a playoff-caliber team, and they’re going to get yet another road win on a remarkable tour of the NBA.

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